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Women Who Travel Podcast: A Brazilian Journalist on Life in the Amazon

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The Amazon lives in our imaginations, in literature, and throughout swathes of travel writing. But what is it like to live there? Lale chats with journalist Eliane Brum who's built a house from recycled wood in Altamira, a town in Brazil on the northern fringes of the Amazon, to find out more—and to learn about her new book, Banzeiro Òkòtó: The Amazon as the Center of the World . Plus, Condé Nast Traveler editor Megan Spurrell tells us about a life-changing trip to an equally spectacular yet vulnerable place: Antarctica .

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Lale Arikoglu : Hello. I'm Lale Arikoglu and this is Women Who Travel , a podcast for anyone who's curious about the world.

The Amazon lives in our imaginations, and it lives in literature, and throughout swathes of travel writing. Accounts of hiking through thick jungle and trips on waterways from Manaus, the gateway to the forest. But today, we're talking to someone who really knows what it's like to live on the edge of the Brazilian rainforest, journalist Eliane Brum, who has built a house of recycled wood in a town called Alta Mira which lies on the northern fringes of the Amazon.

Eliane Brum : It's in the Amazon forest. It's the center of deforestation in the Amazon. Also the center of the criminal fires . And also the center of the resistance.

LA: The rainforest is known for its incredible, jaw-dropping biodiversity. It's home to innumerable types of animals and plants. But it's also central to the story of climate change, suffering from severe deforestation. Altamira in particular is prey to aggressive logging, gold mining, and recently, a huge new hydroelectric dam. The land is being flooded, dug up, cut down. And the local people's livelihood is being threatened.

Eliane has been documenting this for decades, and much of that work appears in her new book, Banzeiro Òkòtó, or The Amazon as the Center of the World , out on March 7th. It's why we're also talking to Diane Whitty, who's based in Madison, Wisconsin and lived in Brazil before translating Eliane's book. I asked Diane how you'd explain the book to anyone unfamiliar with Brazil.

Diane Whitty: If you would like to take a journey into the Amazon, a world that, um, you know hardly anything about, and in the same time take that trip as a transformational experience of a person who goes from a city dweller to someone who feels herself intermixed with the forest, you will come out with a new understanding of our relationship with the world, where we are at this moment of the world, and how the Amazon is central to our ability to continue to exist on this planet as we have, as we'd like our future generations to live on this planet.

LA : Diane and Eliane have never met in person, but working together to bring the stories within this book to an English-speaking audience has really bonded them.

EB : I'm trying to talk in English and my book was translated into English. And we need to understand that just here in Brazil we have more than 300 indigenous people and more than 200 languages.

LA: Few people get to experience the Amazon during their lifetime. I've certainly yet to make it there. Eliane says even Brazilian readers don't know that much about her area. So I wanted to know what it sounds like, what it feels like to be there.

EB: The forest is unbelievably alive. There are creatures all the time. Th- there are sounds all the time. For me the most beautiful sound in the forest is the sound of a monkey that we call guadebis. Because some moments of the day, the first time I listen many, many, many years ago, I thought it was [laughs]- I was sleeping in a hammock in the middle of the forest, because when you travel in the forest, we stopping in the end of the day because we travel by boat. And we cannot travel during the night because it's too dangerous because there are many stones in the river. And then we stop at around five o'clock. We make our hammocks in the middle of the forest. And we begin- and we, we make a fire to do our food. And then we sleep in the forest.

And the first time I, I listened this guadebis, this monkeys, I was still sleeping around four AM in the morning. And I couldn't understand what was this- that song. And it was the monkeys. And it's so, so beautiful. So beautiful. And there are different sounds. I live in the forest, not the primary forest. It was, uh, deforested area. We are in the forest, in the river. And there are different and amazing sounds all the time. I don't need clock alarm because I know by the sounds what is happening, what time it is. And it's- I'm so alive.

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LA: You moved from Sao Paolo in 2017. When was the moment you knew you had fallen in love with living in the forest?

EB: I went to the forest for the first time in 1998. And I went to a trans-Amazonic, that it's a, a big road that was built over with a lot of death of indigenous people. It's a road made by dictac- military dictatorship in Brazil. And I went there to listen the people that live it. It was begin my love because I listen different. It was the same Portuguese language but it wasn't the same. It was other. Other kind of, of language, other kind of written, other kind of words. It's entire other world. And I was totally impassioned, uh, about this.

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LA : That was the indigenous singer from Brazil, Djuena Tikuna.

Eliane is a documentary film maker, a novelist, nonfiction writer, and a journalist who's written for publications like Bronte, The Guardian, El Pais, and the New York Times . She spent years covering social issues in Brazilian cities but at some point her interest in the Amazon started to take over.

EB: We were the first journalists to reach a part of the forest called [inaudible 00:07:33]. We went there because the people were threatened, the forests were being burned with the house of the traditional people for the structures of the forests. And they, they lived out of the state. The official Brazil didn't know about them. They didn't exist. They didn't vote. They didn't have, uh, documents. They didn't have any official existence. We needed five days to reach them by boat from here, from Altamira. It was a very difficult trip as usually. We have to cross, to carry the boats across the stones and many things happened.

And when I- we enter in this river, dozens, maybe, maybe thousands of yellow butterflies appeared suddenly. It's like, uh, we are crossing worlds. And immediately a couple of, uh, [Portuguese 00:08:48], I don't know the name the- of this animal in, in English, jump in front of us. It's something so, so, so amazing that, again, I feel myself so alive.

I was, uh, one night in a river, because we have showers in the rivers and we are in the forest, of course. There is a full moon. And the Yanomami were doing a party because they have hunted a big animal. And because we are a- white people, are foreigners, we couldn't participate of the party. But w- I was inside this river in the middle of the forest listen of dozens of people dancing. It's an am- amazing, amazing sound.

LA : That animal, it turns out, was a giant otter. Magical encounters with nature draw people to the Amazon every year. But is there justification for tourists to just show up and intrude? Can tourism help locals? And is there a way to visit one of the planet's most important ecosystems in a thoughtful and conscious way ?

Tourists do visit the Amazon and they take Amazon river cruises. And they take tours w- within that habitat. Is it possible to be a responsible visitor to the Amazon?

EB: I can say that the most of tourism is irresponsible and it is fake. But there are some people that are connected with the local communities and work with the local communities, uh, with respect. You need to respect the people. The people are not there for you make pictures or sh- just, uh, enter in their house.

LA: It was after taking a Greenpeace tour to Antarctica that Eliane experienced a revelation about one's impact when visiting an endangered place.

Eliane Brum: I learn this very, very clear when I, I went to Antarctica in a Greenpeace ship with scientists that were researching the impact of the climate crisis in the population of penguins and in the entire continent. And it was very difficult for me to do this question. Can I, I go? Because to put your feet in Antarctica is very delicate. It's a decision very difficult and should be. And should I go? And why I'm going? And I wrote much more because I need to justify my presence.

Lale Arikoglu: Antarctica is a really interesting comparison to make and I think the survival or protection of Antarctica and the traces that we leave behind on it, the global impact that has is comparable to the Amazon.

After the break, Condé Nast Traveler 's Senior Editor, Megan Spurrell, reflects on her own trip to Antarctica.

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Megan Spurrell : I'm Megan Spurrell. I'm a Senior Editor at Conde Naste Traveler and a very avid podcast listener and caller in. Um, last winter I had the immense privilege of going to Antarctica on an expedition ship. There is nothing like when you finally see that white looming dramatic continent in the distance. With humpback whales breaching and the hills are covered with penguins. It was incredible.

And I think one of the things that struck me the most was the rules about how you visit. When we were sailing down, we attended a lecture where we learned about all the rules for visiting. So how far do you need to stay from wildlife? What are you allowed to bring on shore? What do you have to leave behind? We had all of our, like, clothing and gear, even the beanies you're gonna wear or the Velcro section of your gloves, was inspected and vacuumed out to make sure that you weren't bringing seeds from where you'd been and maybe going to accidentally deposit that when you landed on Antarctica.

Every day when we would land in places where there- we would go for hikes and there were penguin colonies, when we would come back on the ship we would, you know, stand against a wall and actually have your boots washed down with a high powered hose to make sure that then you wouldn't bring anything from that place to where we went the next day. So it was just this level of care that I had never seen with anywhere I had visited. And it's part of the Antarctic Treaty that was signed in, I think, 1959 where a bunch of countries agreed, like, here's how we're gonna take care of this place that is everyone's and no one's.

You can't help but wonder what would it look like to apply this to other destinations? What would it look like if we were so thoughtful with other natural environments we enter?

At the same time, I couldn't overlook the fact that what I- I thought was most amazing about Antarctica was the complete absence of humans. And I also was aware that I was a person there. You know? It's like you look out and you're like, God, I love how there's no people. And like you're standing in a group of tourists who are now walking onto the land. And that was kind of hard to reckon with. And I, I think the environmental protections made me feel better about it. But I felt this guilt. Like I- how can it stay like this, even with all of this, all these protections? How can this place continue to feel like humans haven't touched it when they are coming more and more every single year, just like me wanting to see it? I know there are limits and restrictions on how many ships can be there and how many people can dock at a landing per day. But what will it look like if that gets pushed to the max?

I've also been to the Amazon which, honestly, I still call the best place I've ever been. I went through Iquitos in Peru and I just- that was another place that was so wild, um, alive, and incredible. The Amazon feels so fragile in so many ways, in very different ways from Antarctica. And I wonder how you protect a place like that where there is so much biodiversity, there are so many important natural resources. The Amazon serves so many functions for every single person on this planet. And yet protecting it, you know, it's not somewhere like Antarctica where there are no humans. Millions of people live inside this rainforest. There is a lot of conflict because of humans interacting with the natural environment. I wonder how you protect a place when there are humans who have basic needs who live there as well.

I think a lot of times we think about tourism as having the potential to be this force that stops other interests from taking priority. So what I mean by that is in the Amazon, you know, there's a hope that, okay, if there is enough money to be made off tourism by me visiting this area, maybe the government will actually crack down on illegal logging for example. Because they know that the value of tourism is greater than either what can be made from logging or the kickbacks from illegal loggers. But I guess as a tourist you always wonder, like, does that math work? It's kinda like Antarctica. It's, you know, by us going are we helping more people learn how to travel responsibly or are we just putting a strain on a delicate environment?

LA: Eliane, you write in your book, "Earth will continue to exist despite the destruction of the forest and the impacts of climate collapse. But our life on it will be much less interesting." I've been thinking about that line a lot. Could you expand on that and describe to listeners what the Amazon means to our planet. It is, as your book says, the center of the world.

EB: The forest is the big regulator of the climate. Imagine that one big tree in the Amazon, just one big tree, tree in the Amazon put one thousand liters of water in the atmosphere every day. And this is one of the wonderful process of the forest. And at this moment, Lale, the forest is- around 17% of the forest, the Amazon forests, are deforested. And the scientists affirm that between 20% and 25% of destruction, the forest reaches the point of no return. And if this happen, we won't be able or at least it will be very, very, very difficult to control the overheating, the global overheating.

If Bolsonaro, Jair Bolsonaro, as the President of Brazil, and Jair Bolsonaro is, uh, far right man, a fascist, and he lead the destruction of the forest. And then in the August, last August, for the first time in my life... Because as journalists, when there- there are fires, criminal fires in the forest, I needed to go to the fires in order to cover the fires as journalist. In the last August, I watch- I testified for the first time the, the forest, uh, burning.

Oh, it's my cat. I, I should-

LA : I was like what- I was like what amazing Amazon animal is that? And then I was like, I think that's a cat-

EB: [laughs] It's a cat! [laughs] I should stop and put him- I expelled him already but then he came- he fa- I have four cats and four dogs. And they always find a way to come here. And I close all the doors. But, but-

LA : I, I welcome the cat.

In August 2022, unprecedented fires in the Brazilian rainforest generated global headlines. They were allegedly started by loggers emboldened by then President Jair Bolsonaro on the eve of the election.

Diane, you lived in Brazil for a long time but you have not visited the Amazon, like you said. What was your path to learning what an important story it was to tell and to work on?

DW: Eliane is addressing an audience in Brazil that many of- who many people are not familiar with the Amazon there either. So for example, she talks about the [Portuguese 00:21:46] in many moments in the book. The [Portuguese 00:21:47] are a group of forest people, traditional forest peoples, that are neither indigenous nor Quilombolas. Quilombolas being the descendants of enslaved Africans. But they're a very specific group. And she talks about the fact that it's hard to explain to Brazilians that [Portuguese 00:22:04] are not simply people who live on the edge of the river, which is the literal translation of the term. But are a people who immigrated from other areas of Brazil into the Amazon and developed their own kind of style of life.

I wanted to say something else about translating Eliane which is really important. Not specific to the Amazon, but to Eliane. Which is that she has an incredibly unique voice and it's a very creative and poetic voice. And that's one of the things I love about translating her. If I may give a small example here, she talks a lot about Belo Monte, which is a hydro power plant. It was a dam that was built and flooded a major area, drove a lot of people out of the area, destroyed their ways of life. The name of it is Belo Monte, which means beautiful mountain. But the people have called it Belo Monstro as well, which means beautiful monster. That- in translation, that is actually- works well because monstro, monster, monte, mountain. We have the alliteration. That works well.

And at one point she refers to Belo Monte as a [Portuguese 00:23:22]. So she takes the word [Portuguese 00:23:24]. [Portuguese 00:23:25] means a showcase, a display case of horrors. She adds the one letter, N, and evokes the word monster in the middle of the word [Portuguese 00:23:35]. She creates a new word, a neologism in Portuguese that the Brazilian reader is going to understand immediately. But how do you capture that in English? And that's the kind of translation challenge I ran into with her all the time, and which is delightful to a translator.

LA: Eliane's book charts both the destruction and the local resistance. And many of the radical leaders of that resistance are indigenous women. Yet despite all the brutality that she's witnessing towards the land and its people, there's also peace and adventure there. And so many transformative experiences to be had in the Amazon.

EB : Last September, I went to a ayahuasca conference in, uh, indigenous territory, in the territory of the Ashaninkas. Ashaninkas, a very interesting indigenous people. And there are many, many of indigenous people. There are the different names. There are the jaguar people. Each people has your, I don't know how it- we can say in English, maybe avatar, your animal that, uh, symbolize each people. And then in the night it happened their ritual. It was in the black. It was dark. It was in the middle of the forest. There were stars and moon. We were in the silence. We had ayahuasca. Little. But we had ayahuasca. And then each people begun to incorporate their animal. Then the jaguar people moved as jaguar and sing as a jaguar. The frog people as frogs. And the snake people as a snake. And it was a symphony. I never seen something so beautiful in my life.

LA: Next week Frances Rings, an indigenous dancer and choreographer who makes work from the stories told to her by elders in Aboriginal communities throughout Australia.

Thank you for listening. I'm Lale Arikoglu and you can find me, as always, on Instagram @lalehannah , and follow along with Women Who Travel on Instagram @womenwhotravel . You can also join the conversation in our Facebook group. Allison Layton Brown is our composer. Jennifer Nelson is our engineer. Jude Kampfner from Corporation for Independent Media is our producer.

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10 Brazilian Portuguese Podcasts to Listen to And Study Today (2024 Update)

If you’ve been looking for Brazilian Portuguese podcasts that are relevant and interesting, you’re in the right place.

At the intermediate level in Portuguese, your main goal should be getting as much exposition to authentic material as possible, such as Brazilian podcasts, newspapers, TV shows, soap operas…

Anything and everything you can get your hands on.

(Don’t do it blindly, though; add some tactics to your strategy to improve your Portuguese listening comprehension skills .)

But we know it: sometimes it’s just impossible to find adapted reading material. Let alone material for listening.

That’s why we have taken the liberty of listening to and selecting the best podcasts to help you improve your Brazilian Portuguese listening skills.

Criteria for Selecting Our Brazilian Podcasts

But it’s not simply any podcast that can feature in our list.

They have to meet specific criteria that we are going to explain right now.

• Language : they should use standard Portuguese with a minimum of slang and different accents.
• Subjects : they should talk about as varied topics as possible. The subjects must sound familiar.
• Podcast length : Brazilian podcasts tend to be lengthy. In our list, most podcasts will be 10 to 30 minutes in length, with some outliers among them.

After doing some math, we came up with the level of difficulty for each one. Level five is the hardest.

You will find a list of the podcasts below. ( Click on their names to be taken to their pages! )

And if you’re a beginner and would like to listen to a tailor-made podcast for beginners, click here to read the announcement and access the first episode. (new tab)

1 Intermediate Portuguese with Portuguese with Eli

Description : Weekly episodes about a variety of subjects—all in understandable Portuguese by a native Portuguese speaker (that’s me!).

Keywords : learn Portuguese – Brazilian culture – Brazilian history – Portuguese grammar

Difficulty Level : one

2 Autoconsciente (Updated Link)

Description : The goal of this podcast is to share reflections and necessary actions to a life with more self-awareness. All discussions are based on the concept of mindfulness.

Keywords : Self-help – reflection – self-consciousness

3 Baseado em Fatos Surreais

Description : a podcast with real stories and personal accounts of absurd stories that happen to women. Everything is described in the first-person voice.

Keywords : real-life – everyday life – society

Difficulty Level : two

4 Café da Manhã

Description : journalists Rodrigo Vizeu and Magê Flores bring news and analyses of the hot topics in Brazil and the world.

Keywords : current events – politics – society

5 Matando Robôs Gigantes

Description : in this podcast, the spotlight is on the nerd universe – movies, electronic games, comics, literature, and pop culture.

Keywords : pop culture – electronic games – literature

Difficulty Level : three

6 Poranduba

Description : in this podcast, Andriolli Costa talks about fantasy and fantastic stories of the Brazilian folklore. He draws lines between traditional practices and knowledge, ancient cultures, myths and legends, pop culture, literature, and modern movies.

Keywords : pop culture – Brazilian folklore – literature

Description: biologist and teacher Sarah Azoubel, together with journalist Bia Guimarães travel across Brazil carrying voice recorders to go after stories and to make science accessible by adopting a more sensible look at the dynamics of nature.

Keywords: science – biology – nature

Difficulty Level: three

Description : This podcast focuses on topics that are related to movies. It brings information and discussions on themes related to the movie world and its philosophical propositions.

Keywords : movies – philosophy – culture

Difficulty Level : four

9 Encruzilhadas

Description : Luiz Antonio Simas and Gabriela Moreira are the hosts of this podcast, “Crossroads.” They talk about, sing, think about, and explore topics that are essential to the Brazilian society, revealing cultural aspects that are present in the musicality and the lifestyle of Rio de Janeiro.

Keywords : culture – music – society

10 Travessia

Description : Fernando Vives and Caio curate and organize in their podcast a musical selection covering specific themes of the MPB (Brazilian Popular Music). They bring more info about celebrities, curiosities, festivals, everything about the Brazilian artistic scene.

Difficulty Level : five

Bonus Section!

Every now and then, students ask me what’s the best podcast for learning Brazilian Portuguese. Well, there isn’t ONE podcast only — there are many best podcasts for learning Portuguese.

In keeping with the spirit of “more choice is better,” we’re adding new podcasts to the list (so, only ten podcasts is a misnomer… but that’s not a problem).

Bonus 1 Mamilos Podcast

Description : Mamilos means “nipples” in Portuguese. This podcast’s name comes from a meme where a boy says “vamos falar de um assunto polêmico: mamilos” (“let’s talk about a controversial topic: nipples”). And controversial topics are present in the debates of this advanced Podcast.

Keywords : Brazilian cultural and societal issues – Modern issues – debates and discussions

Difficulty Level : five.

Bonus 2 Gugacast

Description . if you like stories, then you’ll love Gugacast. In an oversimplification, it’s just the host reading or telling the stories of listeners. There are guests and guest hosts who add some variety to the speech. It’s a pretty advanced podcast, but they speak clearly.

Keywords : listener stories – everyday stories – stories

Bonus 3 A Nossa Língua de Todo Dia

Description: A Nossa Língua de Todo Dia is a podcast that intermediate-level students may benefit from. In this podcast, Prof. Pasquale Cipro Neto answers questions his listeners send him. The good thing is that most of the questions sent by the listeners are questions learners of Portuguese is a foreign language also have. What’s best, the episodes are very short.

Keywords: Language questions — grammar — popular Brazilian culture.

Difficulty Level: Four (based on the cultural knowledge you need to have in order to understand some of the questions)

Bonus 4 Café Brasil

Description: Café Brasil is a podcast about timely and interesting topics. Each episode has full transcripts. If you’re not quite comfortable with Portuguese yet — and by that, I mean, if you’re not at the intermediate level — you might find this podcast extra hard. But because there are transcripts for every episode, it can get easier. What’s more, the episodes are not that long. You won’t feel tired.

Keywords : Timely topics — current events — Brazilian politics.

Difficulty Level: Five (even with transcripts understanding each word can be challenging. I suggest you listen to the episodes for the bigger picture)

Bonus 5 Não Inviabilize

Description: Não Inviabilize is the kind of podcast you listen to if you like a good story mixed with gossip. In each episode, the host Déia Freitas tells the stories the listeners send her. But she makes it in an interesting way. In addition to that, her pronunciation is very clear and she has a São Paulo accent. But what I really like about it are the transcripts — if you don’t have good eyesight like me, you’ll like that she uses very big fonts on the website. In the transcripts are neatly organized under each episode. It really makes it easy to follow. Because it’s very colloquial, you might find it a bit hard to understand some parts. But if you stick with it, you’re going to like it a lot.

Keywords: Everyday life — funny stories — gossip

Difficulty Level: Three (even without the transcripts it would be easy to understand if you concentrate)

Bonus 6 Boletim Folha

Description: If you’d like to get the scoop on what’s happening in Brazil and love the news, then you’ll enjoy listening to Boletim Folha. In under five minutes, the journalists give you everything that matters the most on that particular day. There are two daily editions, one in the morning and one in the afternoon. I’m linking to their Apple podcast page, but you can find them on Spotify as well.

Keywords: news in Brazilian Portuguese — politics — informational

Difficulty Level: Five — the hardest part of this podcast is that they use a lot of acronyms and abbreviations that are known to Brazilians (D.O.A., MEC, IRPF just to name a few) but with which foreigners are not familiar.

Bonus 7 Resumão Diário

Description: This one is a recommendation from our reader Chris (valeu, Chris!). The thing I like about this podcast is that it feels a bit more personal than Boletim Folha. Both are good in their own way. There are no transcripts, but you can take a look at their resumão (big summary) on the episode page. So you’ll be able to know what it talks about.

Difficulty Level: Five — same as with Boletim Folha. You’ll need a lot of contextual knowledge to understand it fully. But once you understand it, you’ll be able to talk about current events with anyone.

Bonus 8 Brazilian Word of the Day

Description: With 4-minute long episodes, you’ll learn one new common and highly frequent word every day. The whole episode is in easy Portuguese, and the examples make it easier to apply the vocabulary in your daily life. Just make sure to subscribe for updates and check each episode for notes!

Keywords: Brazilian Portuguese vocabulary — simple — useful vocabulary

Difficulty Level: Two — you’ll need to be at least familiar with spoken Brazilian Portuguese to grasp it.

Is there any podcast you would add to this list? Please leave it in the comment section below, and we will update our post considering your suggestion.

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The 7 Best Travel Podcasts

T he landscape of tourism will change in the coming decade, and I’m not just talking about Venice being underwater. Before the pandemic, back when the worst thing you could catch on a plane was food poisoning, we traveled to find connection, discover new cultures, and take out our anger on taxi drivers who sped away with our change. The appeal of travel was just as much about risk as relaxation, making it mildly concerning that many travel podcasts end after only two or three episodes.

So now you’re looking for a recommendation, a bit of local knowledge to tell you which of the countless travel podcasts are worth your time. A good travel show must do one essential thing: transport its listener to a new destination, whether that place is the Serengeti or a state park outside of Sacramento. Each podcast on this list captures, in its own way, the thrill of an adventure. By effectively adapting their formats during the pandemic, they prove there is longevity to the travel podcast format, no matter what turbulence comes their way.

You don’t have to like flying to enjoy the Layovers podcast, but it definitely helps. Centered around air travel, the show takes what might be a niche subject and turns it into an entertaining lens through which to analyze geopolitics and current affairs. Where many podcasts zoom in when exploring a topic, hosts Paul Papadimitriou and Alex Hunter zoom out, giving a broader view of the global map. For example, in a recent episode, Paul and Alex ask if we might have been in a golden age of international travel and didn’t even know it. How do we move forward in an era of infection and tighter borders? How will political tensions affect free movement? These are the sorts of questions we’re all asking, but Layovers isn’t afraid to answer.

For fans of: Being the “airport dad,” no matter your age

Pushkin has discovered a winning formula with Not Lost , a travel show hosted by podcasting veteran Brendan Francis Newnam. You may also know him from his writing for The New York Times Magazine and Saveur. After ending a long-term project (and a long-term relationship), Newman decided to do what most of us would in his situation — start a podcast. Just kidding. He actually embarked on a foodie adventure in some of the world’s best culinary destinations. The podcast, I’m sure, was just an afterthought.

Not Lost employs an effective mix of auteur direction, snappy writing, and spontaneous comedy — and that’s before you get to the heart of the show: food. A co-production of Pushkin, Topic Studios, and iHeartMedia, the show is as slick as you would expect; any sense of “rough-and-ready” adventure is purely varnish. At its core, Not Lost celebrates people, stories, and the rapidly changing world that can only be experienced through extensive travel.

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You Should Have Been There

You should have been there is a hidden indie gem from across the pond, with a name that pokes fun at the obvious fact that no travel podcast will ever make you feel like you were actually there, but that doesn’t mean this pair won’t try. Hosted by journalist Simon Calder and BBC producer Mick Webb, this is a show that isn’t afraid to get a little erudite about adventure, exploring an impressive range of topics, from layover-friendly airports to an entire episode dedicated to the niche subject of “psychogeography.” Walter Benjamin, anyone?

Calder and Webb have natural chemistry. Sure, the audio quality is basic, but what the show lacks in volume, it more than makes up for in clarity. The show is meticulously scripted, but that’s hardly surprising given its hosts’ experience. By combining the enthusiasm of a kindly neighbor nattering about his caravan with the delivery of professional radio presenters, You should have been there can seem a touch more of a ramble than a romp. But that’s exactly what makes it delightful. Of course, I’d love to be walking the Pyrenees with Calder and Webb, but their show does something rare: it makes me feel totally comfortable just where I am.

For fans of: Always straying off the beaten track

Abroad in Japan

Chris Broad and Pete Donaldson’s cult podcast grew from a mutual fascination with their new home. Abroad in Japan isn’t what you might expect from a travel podcast, but who said adventure only comes from fleeting visits? Living abroad is an immersive way to understand and appreciate the delights of another culture, and these British guys are ready to dive deep into all the nerdy parts of Japanese life. But Chris and Pete aren’t just any old expatriates. Chris is an award-winning filmmaker. Pete’s an accomplished broadcaster. Together, they spend their free time bringing their podcast listeners a taste of a dynamic and complex country through travel tips, current events and topical reports. Why are $75 Tamagotchis making a comeback? What is it like in the country’s worst Love Hotel? And, most importantly, how much do you tip? No, they’re not locals, but Abroad in Japan brings an outsider’s eye to a fascinating country many of us have always wanted to discover.

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Join The Washington Post ’s Lillian Cunningham on a different type of travel podcast: an audio journey through America’s national parks. After a strong first season, Field Trip has earned fans for its richly drawn landscapes, with many writing that the show transports them out of their normal lives and into the wilderness. If that isn’t travel podcasting, we’d like to know what is. From White Sands to Yosemite, Cunningham makes an effort to depict conservation efforts alongside historical details, bringing a level of human interest into a show that could otherwise be called nature programming. It is yet to be seen whether Field Trip will return for a second season. So far, the show has drawn enough admiration to justify an episode for all sixty-three national parks. Throwing in a few listener stories wouldn’t go amiss either.

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Greetings From Somewhere

Zach Mack is road tripping through America. From the first green light, Greetings From Somewhere has proven itself to be a slick production, blending travel narrative with investigative journalism. With flavors of Anthony Bourdain’s Parts Unknown , Mack takes his listeners on an immersive journey through some of the country’s most engaging destinations. The first episode, “Marfa TX,” sets a high bar for the rest of the series, and it’s clear that Mack is no amateur. By detailing the town’s history and exploring its controversies, the show neatly weaves interviews with local characters into an addictive narrative.

As everyone who has read Steinbeck or Kerouac will know, life on the road has become a fixed part of America’s mythology. In his episode “The Myth of American Road Trip,” Mack deconstructs these tropes, asking us why, with so much displacement and inequality around the world, we still romanticize this lifestyle. These “detour” episodes add an extra dimension to an already multifaceted show — a real breakout star of the genre.

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JUMP with Traveling Jackie

Since 2014, Jackie Nourse has been a mainstay of travel podcasting. First, she was host of the Budget Minded Traveler , a show dedicated to the noble pursuit of cheap travel. Now, Jackie has expanded her podcast to include an online community and travel programs with one clear message: if you want adventure, you have to take the jump. With her new vision comes a new name, though Jackie’s focus remains making travel affordable for those willing to plan ahead and make sacrifices.

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60 years of Brazil’s 1964 coup d’état

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Brazilian Adventure

• A Quest into the Heart of the Amazon
• By: Peter Fleming
• Narrated by: William Gaminara
• Length: 11 hrs and 4 mins
• Overall 4 out of 5 stars 38
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 34
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 33

In 1925 Colonel P. H. Fawcett embarked on a journey into a dangerous and largely unexplored region of Brazil in search of a fabled lost city and was never seen again. Journalist Peter Fleming's interest in Fawcett's disappearance led him to answer an advertisement to join an expedition to explore the rivers of Brazil with the aim of ascertaining the explorer's fate. Though Colonel Fawcett's disappearance remains a mystery to this day, Peter Fleming's wild adventure in the jungles of Brazil is recognized as one of the 20th century's best-loved travel classics.

• 2 out of 5 stars
• By Michael D. Stone on 12-04-12
• Release date: 08-16-12
• Language: English
• 4 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
• In 1925 Colonel P. H. Fawcett embarked on a journey into a dangerous and largely unexplored region of Brazil in search of a fabled lost city and was never seen again....

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The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu

• From Vale-Tudo, to Carlson Gracie, to its Democratization
• By: Robert Drysdale
• Narrated by: David Morden
• Length: 15 hrs and 9 mins
• Overall 5 out of 5 stars 19
• Performance 5 out of 5 stars 17
• Story 5 out of 5 stars 17

This book discusses the struggles and importance of Carlos Gracie Jr. and the IBJJF in giving jiu-jitsu structure, shape, and professional credibility at a time where it was under threat of becoming simply another fad. The Rise and Evolution of Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu also discusses the greatest challenges the art faces today, as its popularity carries with it problems that threaten to fragment precisely some of the qualities that set jiu-jitsu apart from other martial arts to begin with.

• 5 out of 5 stars

Interesting and important piece of the puzzle.

• By gilad on 09-12-23
• Release date: 07-25-23
• 5 out of 5 stars 19 ratings

Robert Drysdale explores the history of jiu-jitsu by concentrating on the major events and characters that were responsible for turning BJJ into a global phenomenon....

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Through the Brazilian Wilderness

• By: Theodore Roosevelt
• Narrated by: Andre Stojka
• Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
• Overall 4 out of 5 stars 81
• Performance 3.5 out of 5 stars 77
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 75

A former American president nearly dies during an ill-planned exploration through the Brazilian Wilderness and down the River of Doubt. Theodore Roosevelt was a naturalist, explorer, author, hunter, governor, soldier and 26th President of the United States.

• 1 out of 5 stars

narration hindrance to story

• By EBH on 09-29-20
• Release date: 12-15-11
• 4 out of 5 stars 81 ratings
• A former American president nearly dies during an ill-planned exploration through the Brazilian Wilderness and down the River of Doubt....

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The Brazilian

• By: Keith R. Rees
• Narrated by: Virtual Voice
• Length: 5 hrs and 44 mins
• Overall 0 out of 5 stars 0
• Performance 0 out of 5 stars 0
• Story 0 out of 5 stars 0

The Brazilian follows young Rego Ouliveyra, an ordinary college-age teen, growing up in Brasilia. Rego loved to play soccer and was eager to watch his favorite player, Pele, compete in the 1970 World Cup. But, his life is thrown into a frenzy when a stranger implores him to go on an incredible journey. The stranger entrusts him with a mysterious leather satchel containing an unknown secret. The journey takes Rego on an adventure of a lifetime through South America and across the Atlantic. He encounters many people along the way, both good and bad, in several wonderous and unique locations. ...

• Release date: 03-18-24
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• The Brazilian follows young Rego Ouliveyra, an ordinary college-age teen, growing up in Brasilia. Rego loved to play soccer and was eager to watch ...

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My Sweet Orange Tree

• By: José Mauro de Vasconcelos
• Narrated by: Alfred Enoch
• Length: 4 hrs and 26 mins
• Overall 5 out of 5 stars 22
• Performance 5 out of 5 stars 20
• Story 5 out of 5 stars 20

Meet Zezé—Brazil’s naughtiest and most loveable boy, his talent for mischief matched only by his great kindness. When he grows up he wants to be a ‘poet with a bow-tie’, but for now he entertains himself playing pranks on the residents of his family’s poor Rio de Janeiro neighbourhood and inventing friends to play with. That is, until he meets a real friend, and his life begins to change.

A wonderful story on the power of tenderness

• By Marcela Stanger Lopez on 09-12-23
• Release date: 04-21-22
• 5 out of 5 stars 22 ratings

A worldwide classic of children's literature, My Sweet Orange Tree is a moving, life-affirming childhood story, finally available in English again....

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Rapid Brazilian (Portuguese): Volumes 1 & 2)

• By: earworms Learning
• Narrated by: Marlon Lodge
• Length: 2 hrs and 16 mins
• Original Recording
• Overall 4 out of 5 stars 29
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 24
• Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 24

Earworms mbt(c) is a revolutionary accelerated technique that takes the hard work out of learning.By listening a few times to these specially composed melodies, with their rhythmic repetitions of Brazilian (Portuguese) and English, you will pick up essential words and phrases that will not just be on the tip of your tongue but burnt deeply into your long-term memory in next to no time.If you like music, and want to make rapid progress without any formal knowledge of language learning, Earworms mbt© Rapid Portuguese (Brazilian) is the course for you.

• 4 out of 5 stars

A Different Style of Instruction

• By Anonymous Customer on 07-15-14
• Series: Rapid Brazilian , Book 1-2
• Release date: 05-06-13
• 4 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
• Earworms mbt(c) is a revolutionary accelerated technique that takes the hard work out of learning....

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Brazilian Gold Mine Mystery

• The Biff Brewster Mystery Adventures Series, Book 1
• By: Andy Adams
• Narrated by: John Rayburn
• Length: 4 hrs and 31 mins

Biff’s father and uncle were both well-traveled and accustomed to unusual situations and they felt it could be a matter of learning and enjoyment for the sixteen-year-old boy. He was big, strong, and very intelligent, so his relatives felt such a trip could add to a future for the lad. It turned our far differently than expectations. A jungle wilderness jam-packed with hazards and thrills. That’s what eventually confronted Biff going through territory inhabited with dreaded head-hunters. It had begun when Biff boarded a plane bound for Brazil and was handed an unexpected letter.

• Series: Biff Brewster Mystery Adventure , Book 1
• Release date: 05-16-23

Danger, intrigue, threatening death, plus strange and bewildering locations. All these were part of what youthful Biff Brewster encountered. They were surprising because it was part of what was meant to be a pleasant vacation at the beginning.

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So Not a Hero

• By: S. J. Delos
• Narrated by: Angela Brazil
• Length: 11 hrs and 47 mins
• Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 476
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 436
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 436

After serving two years in a federal prison, Karen Hashimoto is out on parole and eager to put her criminal past behind her. No easy task, since she's also the former supervillain known as Crushette. A chance encounter leads to an unexpected opportunity, and she is recruited as the newest member of the city's premier team of superheroes: The Good Guys.

Graphic Suprrhero Sex

• By The Blue Canary on 05-17-16
• Series: A Hesitant Hero Series , Book 1
• Release date: 03-01-16
• 4.5 out of 5 stars 476 ratings
• After serving two years in a federal prison, Karen Hashimoto is out on parole and eager to put her criminal past behind her. No easy task, since she's the former supervillain known as Crushette....

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The History of Brazil

• A Fascinating Guide to Brazilian History
• By: David Robbins
• Narrated by: Bill Ayers
• Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
• Overall 4 out of 5 stars 12
• Performance 4 out of 5 stars 10
• Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 10

Discover the incredible story behind the world’s fifth-largest country. Home of the Amazon rainforest, and imbued with a rich culture, history, and people, Brazil has a fascinating origin story stretching back hundreds of years. From the diverse ecology and the thousands of tribes in its pre-colonial state, to the arrival of the Portuguese and its journey to where it is now, this book offers a detailed and profound insight into the story of Brazil.

• Release date: 12-19-19
• 4 out of 5 stars 12 ratings

Home of the Amazon rainforest, and imbued with a rich culture, history, and people, Brazil has a fascinating origin story stretching back hundreds of years....

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Final Dawn: The Complete Bestselling Saga

• By: Mike Kraus
• Narrated by: Mike Kraus
• Length: 43 hrs and 38 mins
• Overall 4 out of 5 stars 365
• Performance 4 out of 5 stars 346
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 344

When the end of the world arrived, it came not with a bang, as most expected, but with more of a "pfft" instead. Humanity has been torn asunder and brought to the edge of total annihilation in less than an hour. For those who died, it was a quick death, so fast that their brains didn't have time to process the pain signals from their nerves. For those who survived, the true horror is about to begin as they struggle to not only stay alive, but come to grips with the shocking realization about what - and who - was responsible.

Narrator/Author once again so painful to listen to had to stop

• By JW on 07-22-20
• Release date: 07-13-20
• 4 out of 5 stars 365 ratings

When the end of the world arrived, it came not with a bang, as most expected, but with more of a "pfft" instead. Humanity has been torn asunder and brought to the edge of total annihilation in less than an hour....

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• Narrated by: Tom Weiss
• Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins

Biff Brewster receives a 16th birthday present to go to Brazil to be with his father. Biff believes he will be going on a safari. Before leaving, Biff receives a secret letter from Mr. Stannart of the Ajax Company to give to his father. Stannart informs Biff that his father is not looking for rubber plantations, as many at the Company believe, but instead is looking for a secret gold mine. As Biff quickly discovers, others are also looking for the secret gold mine and will stop at nothing to find it. In addition to thieves, Native headhunters and wild rivers await Biff and his father.

• Release date: 02-08-23

Biff Brewster receives a 16th birthday present to go to Brazil to be with his father. Biff believes he will be going on a safari. Before leaving, Biff receives a secret letter from Mr. Stannart of the Ajax Company to give to his father....

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Conversational Spanish: Intermediate Collection One, Lessons 1-5

• By: Silas Brazil
• Narrated by: Eric Fallah
• Length: 2 hrs and 32 mins
• Overall 4.5 out of 5 stars 128
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 105
• Story 4.5 out of 5 stars 101

Get fluent with Fluent Penguin language learning tools. Designed for self-taught language learners, Fluent Penguin picks up where Pimsleur and Rosetta Stone leave off. By exposing you to a wide variety of translated conversations in everyday situations, Fluent Penguin builds your vocabulary and intuitive recognition of grammar, sentence structure, and idiomatic phrases.

Helpful for transitioning from beginner to interme

• By Racquel Roberts on 04-19-16
• Release date: 01-14-16
• 4.5 out of 5 stars 128 ratings
• By exposing you to a wide variety of translated conversations in everyday situations, Fluent Penguin builds your vocabulary and intuitive recognition of grammar....

Dancer, Daughter, Traitor, Spy

• By: Elizabeth Kiem
• Length: 7 hrs and 31 mins
• Overall 4 out of 5 stars 20
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 19
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 19

Marina is born of privilege. Her mother, Sveta, is the Soviet Union’s prima ballerina; an international star handpicked by the regime. But Sveta is afflicted with a mysterious second sight and becomes obsessed with exposing a horrific state secret. Then she disappears. Fearing for their lives, Marina and her father defect to Brooklyn. Marina struggles to reestablish herself as a dancer at the American School of Ballet. But her enigmatic partner, Sergei, makes concentration almost impossible, as does the fact that Marina shares her mother’s "gift"....

• 3 out of 5 stars
• By Lickety Split on 06-13-21
• Release date: 08-13-13
• 4 out of 5 stars 20 ratings
• Marina is born of privilege. Her mother, Sveta, is the Soviet Union’s prima ballerina; an international star handpicked by the regime. But Sveta is afflicted with a mysterious second sight....

Brazil Travel Guide for Men

• Travel Brazil Like You Really Want To
• By: Christopher Street
• Narrated by: Sydney Myles
• Length: 1 hr and 40 mins
• Overall 5 out of 5 stars 15
• Performance 5 out of 5 stars 13
• Story 5 out of 5 stars 13

Written in plain English, this guide will walk you through Brazil's sex scene and give advice and tips for finding the best spots and clubs in some of Brazil's most beloved cities and tourist destinations. Get a rundown on the best time of year to visit Brazil to meet girls, the most cost-effective way to scout different venues, and which cities to hit up on your tour.

Great overview

• By Gemma on 02-19-17
• Release date: 12-14-16
• 5 out of 5 stars 15 ratings
• Get a rundown on the best time of year to visit Brazil to meet girls, the most cost-effective way to scout different venues, and which cities to hit up on your tour....

Greater Than a Tourist - Copacabana Rio de Janeiro Brazil

• 50 Travel Tips from a Local
• By: Anna Carolina Mendonça Mello Bastos, Greater Than a Tourist
• Narrated by: David Angelo
• Length: 1 hr and 4 mins
• Overall 5 out of 5 stars 2
• Performance 4 out of 5 stars 1
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 1

Greater Than a Tourist - Copacabana Rio de Janeiro Brazil , by Anna Carolina Mendonça Mello Bastos, offers the inside scoop on Copacabana. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

• By: Anna Carolina Mendonça Mello Bastos , Greater Than a Tourist
• Release date: 08-14-18
• 5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings

Greater Than a Tourist - Copacabana Rio de Janeiro Brazil , by Anna Carolina Mendonça Mello Bastos, offers the inside scoop on Copacabana. This audiobook will give you travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination....

The Adventure in the Amazon: Brazil

• Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart, Book 2
• By: Elizabeth Singer Hunt
• Narrated by: MacLeod Andrews
• Length: 1 hr and 13 mins
• Overall 5 out of 5 stars 11
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 8
• Story 5 out of 5 stars 8

Secret agents Jack and Max Stalwart are sent to the Amazon jungle to investigate the disappearance of an important Global Protection Force scientist. Soon, they discover that the scientist's disappearance is no accident. A greedy outlaw is illegally mining for gold and he'll stop and nothing to keep his secret safe. Can Jack and Max save themselves and the scientist from almost certain death?

• Series: The Secret Agents Jack and Max Stalwart Series , Book 2
• Release date: 07-25-17
• 5 out of 5 stars 11 ratings

Secret agents Jack and Max Stalwart are sent to the Amazon jungle to investigate the disappearance of an important Global Protection Force scientist. Soon, they discover that the scientist's disappearance is no accident....

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O gato Félix

• História 6 de Reinações de Narizinho [The Adventures of Lucia Little Nose, Book 6]
• By: Monteiro Lobato
• Narrated by: Sandra Silvério
• Length: 47 mins
• Overall 1 out of 5 stars 1
• Performance 1 out of 5 stars 1
• Story 1 out of 5 stars 1

Em O gato Félix , o Gato, Emília e o Visconde de Sabugosa contam, cada um, suas histórias. A obra Reinações de Narizinho é composta por onze histórias, que podem ser escutadas aqui separadamente. As onze histórias foram narradas por Sandra Silvério com participação dos seguintes profissionais: Arnaldo Santini, Barros Batista, Bruna Ximenes, Fabio Oliveira, Liane Mufarrej, Lucas Habib, Lucia Tulchinski, Renato Neto, Roger Souza e Tatiane Vaz.

This is complicated

• By pablo couto on 11-10-23
• Series: The Adventures of Lucia Little Nose , Book 6
• Release date: 02-10-20
• Language: Portuguese
• 1 out of 5 stars 1 rating

Em O gato Félix , o Gato, Emília e o Visconde de Sabugosa contam, cada um, suas histórias....

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Capture the Rainbow

• By: Iris Johansen
• Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
• Overall 3.5 out of 5 stars 29
• Performance 4.5 out of 5 stars 15
• Story 4 out of 5 stars 15

Gorgeous Hollywood stunt double Kendra Michaels is vying for the job of her life - a high-paying, high-risk jump that will clear the debt on her brother's medical bills. Casey Michaels was a stuntman himself until a job went tragically wrong. Now Kendra is prepared to take the same chance. There's just one man standing in her way, a man whose irresistible magnetism seduced her in ways she'd never experienced - and never before surrendered to.

Predictable story, VERY POOR storyteller.

• By Mair on 12-27-08
• Series: Sedikhan , Book 4
• Release date: 12-01-08
• 3.5 out of 5 stars 29 ratings
• Gorgeous Hollywood stunt double Kendra Michaels is vying for the job of her life - a high-paying, high-risk jump that will clear the debt on her brother's medical bills....

The Thrifty Traveler's Guide to Brazil

• What to See, What to Do, Where to Stay on a Budget While in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo - Christ the Redeemer, Carnival, Beaches, Rainforests & Hiking
• By: Abram Costa
• Narrated by: Michael Stuhre
• Length: 3 hrs and 44 mins

The Thrifty Traveler's Guide to Brazil is one of the best books to help you travel to Brazil on a budget. As the world opens back up for international travel, Brazil is one of the premier destinations that I believe everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime. I have been to Brazil many times, captivated by its people, nature, and varied attractions.

• Release date: 06-02-21

The Thrifty Traveler's Guide to Brazil is one of the best books to help you travel to Brazil on a budget. As the world opens back up for international travel, Brazil is one of the premier destinations that I believe everyone should visit at least once in their lifetime....

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Escape to the River Sea

• By: Emma Carroll
• Narrated by: Katherine Press
• Length: 7 hrs and 13 mins
• Performance 5 out of 5 stars 2
• Story 5 out of 5 stars 2

In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier. The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong.

• Release date: 06-09-22

In 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier....

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She’s sizing up some seriously big myths.

A surgeon specializing in sexual health says you cannot tell the size of a man’s penis simply by looking at his hands and feet.

Dr. Rena Malik made the declaration on the Diary of a CEO podcast on Monday, squashing the stereotype that blokes with bigger shoes are better endowed.

However, the surgeon — who practices in both Beverly Hills and Irvine, Calif. — said there is one body part that could accurately indicate the size of a man’s member.

“There’s one study — it’s a Japanese study where they looked at only Japanese men so there are some limitations — but they measured all these body parts and penile length and they found was that nose length was correlated with penile length, not hand length or foot,” Malik declared.

The expert didn’t divulge whether she had seen other studies linking nose and penis size, but said she’d certainly noticed an uptick in patients panicked about their pecker.

Malik said lads who want to lengthen their willy could use a traction device.

“These are devices that are made for penile lengthening but they’re also made for men who have something called Peyronie’s disease,” she explained.

According to the Mayo Clinic, Peyronie’s disease “is a condition in which fibrous scar tissue forms in the deeper tissues under the skin of the penis” causing curved and painful erections.

It also can make the penis shorter while erect.

Malik said a traction device can increase the length of a penis by up to 2cm.

However, males anxious over the size of their penis should fear not.

Last year, another doctor declared that most people overestimate the size of the average penis and said most men barely measure more than five inches even when they’re rock hard.

Dr. Jen Caudle dished the details in  a TikTok clip  in a bid to alter expectations about appendages and destroy the motto that “size matters.”

“The average size of a flaccid penis is 3.6 inches, and the average size of an erect penis is 5.17 inches. Did you know that? It’s actually shorter than I think a lot of people would imagine.”

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Here's what to know about dengue, as Puerto Rico declares a public health emergency

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Victoria Micieli, director and scientist at the Center for Parasitological and Vector Studies of the national scientific research institute CONICET, classifies different species of mosquitoes at a laboratory in La Plata, in Argentina's Buenos Aires Province, on Tuesday. Luis Robayo/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

Victoria Micieli, director and scientist at the Center for Parasitological and Vector Studies of the national scientific research institute CONICET, classifies different species of mosquitoes at a laboratory in La Plata, in Argentina's Buenos Aires Province, on Tuesday.

Puerto Rico has issued a public health emergency after recording an unusually rapid rise in dengue cases over the first few months of this year.

It's the latest area to grapple with a surge of infections of the mosquito-borne disease, which sickens an estimated 100–400 million people globally each year.

According to Puerto Rico's health department, the territory has recorded 549 cases since the start of the year, nearly half of which have occurred in the San Juan region. Puerto Rico saw a total of 1,293 cases throughout all of last year, the Associated Press reported .

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With a million cases of dengue so far this year, brazil is in a state of emergency.

"This year, dengue cases have exceeded historical figures," Puerto Rico's health secretary Carlos Mellado López said in a statement.

Dengue has been surging elsewhere, too. Brazil has seen a dramatic uptick in dengue this year, with more than one million cases, while Peru experienced a record number of infections last summer. Argentina is also on the cusp of a record-breaking dengue outbreak .

According to the World Health Organization, about half of the world's population is now at risk for the disease.

What is dengue?

People typically contract dengue through the bite of an Aedes mosquito infected with one of the four types of the dengue virus.

Most people with dengue will show no signs of infection or experience only mild symptoms , such as fever, muscle and joint pain and nausea. They typically recover in one or two weeks.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, only a quarter of people infected with dengue get sick.

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The u.s. is unprepared for the growing threat of mosquito- and tick-borne viruses.

In rare cases, dengue can require hospitalization and be potentially fatal. More severe symptoms include bleeding gums and nose, abdominal pain and persistent vomiting.

Those who've gotten dengue previously are more likely to become seriously ill with a subsequent infection.

Though there is no specific medicine to treat dengue, sufferers can take acetaminophen to control their fever and reduce pain.

How to keep yourself safe

Roughly half of the Earth's population could catch dengue where they live. Found most commonly in tropical and subtropical climates, dengue is endemic to more than 100 countries in Asia, Africa, the Americas and elsewhere, according to the WHO, and has been spreading to parts of Europe. Last year Florida and Texas reported dengue cases.

There is a vaccine for dengue called Dengvaxia. In the U.S., it is approved for use in children between ages 9–16 who have previously been infected with the disease, and in other parts of the world it is available to adults up to age 45.

Experts say the best way to avoid contracting dengue is to prevent mosquito bites .

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Insect repellents such as DEET, Picaridin and IR3535 can help keep mosquitoes at bay. People can also wear loose-fitting clothing that covers their arms and legs and use mosquito nets.

At home, people should have screens in windows and doors and regularly dump standing water from items like flower pots to prevent mosquitoes from laying eggs.

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Travel to Minas Gerais, Brazil – Episode 627

Hear about travel to Minas Gerais, Brazil as the Amateur Traveler talks to Juergen Keller from southamerica.travel about the colonial heart of Brazil.

Jeurgen says of Minas Gerais, “the colonial heart of Brazil starts along the coast of Brazil where the Portuguese landed. Soon after they had populated the shores of Brazil, they got orders from Europe to go inland and search for gold. This was all done in the very beginning starting in Rio de Janeiro. The colonial heartland of Brazil is the hinterland of Rio, and if you look at the map of today, it’s the part between Rio de Janeiro and the capital of Brazil, Brasilia. Those mountains were thought to be the source of the silver and the gold that Brazil held at the time.”

“From there, in the beginning, starting from the little port of Paraty a little bit to the southeast of Rio, the Portuguese were told ‘go up the mountain and find me the gold’.” We are heading for this area because this is where we will find all the riches the Portuguese left.

We start, like these early colonizers, in Paraty. Paraty itself is proposed as a UNESCO site. It was many years before the town was connected by road to Rio because of the steep mountains that surround it, which preserved the character of Paraty. It is best enjoyed from a boat on the water.

Just behind Paraty is Serra de Bocaina National Park, which goes up to 6,000′ in elevation. From the sea, the mountains look like a wall. The road was only paved 4 years ago.

These days we are not looking for gold to mine but at the towns, villages, and churches built with the gold and silver they found in Minas Gerais. The towns look like towns in Portugal, but as soon as you get into the churches “, you are surprised by the gold.”

Caxambu is a spa town once enjoyed by the emperor of Brazil to relax in mineral water, which made the place famous in Brazil.

Tiradentes was never an important town, so it never developed and retains its colonial feel. It has become an artistic hub for modern artists.

Congonhas is the location of the Sanctuary of Bom Jesus do Congonhas, which is a UNESCO site. The 12 sculptures of old testament prophets around the church are some of the best works of Brazilian sculptor and architect Aleijadinho.

Ouro Preto was the hub of the mining in the area and was at one time the capital. It was the richest town. It later became the origin of an independence movement from Brazil. “It looks like a Portuguese town… just richer.”

Inhotim hosts one of the “finest modern art museums in all of South America”. There are something like 20 small museums in the town.

Minas Gerais is known as one of the places with the best food and some of the richest history in Brazil. Come see why some of Brazil’s riches are still in its colonial heartland.

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Today's podcast looks at metasearch and changing consumer habits, United’s next Boeing issue, and an Ohtani tourism boost.

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Travel metasearch sites, which enable consumers to compare hotel or flight prices from multiple vendors simultaneously, had been thriving since the early days of online travel. But the sector is experiencing a rough patch now , reports Executive Editor Dennis Schaal. 

Schaal writes some of the major travel metasearch players have had financial issues in recent years, noting Google has eaten into Tripadvisor’s metasearch market share. Tripadvisor’s hotel metasearch revenue grew only 7% in 2023. Meanwhile, Trivago recorded a roughly $176 million loss last year. 

Wells Fargo Managing Director Brian Fitzgerald said factors other than increased competition from Google have contributed to the struggles of travel metasearch companies. Hotels in particular have been able to attract more direct traffic through their loyalty programs.

Next, United Airlines is offering pilots unpaid time off in May due to delivery delays with Boeing jets, writes Airlines Reporter Meghna Maharishi. 

The carrier said its projected 2024 block hours — the industry’s standard measure for aircraft use — have been cut. So United pilots now have the option of taking unpaid time off to help reduce excess staffing. Boeing delivery delays have also impacted hiring at United, with the airline announcing it would halt pilot hiring in May and June. 

Finally, baseball star Shohei Ohtani could boost tourism to the U.S. this season after joining the Los Angeles Dodgers — that is, if he isn’t suspended for being involved in an ongoing gambling scandal, writes Associate Editor Rashaad Jorden. 

Japanese travel agency JTB is looking to take advantage of the huge interest in Japan in seeing Ohtani play for the Dodgers. JTB, which agreed to an international partnership with Major League Baseball earlier this year, is offering travel packages to Ohtani’s regular season games in the U.S. JTB Branding and PR Manager Kaori Mori said the company saw enormous demand in the travel packages it offered for the season-opening series in South Korea between the Dodgers and San Diego Padres.

Ohtani has been mired in controversy recently, as his longtime interpreter has been accused of stealing millions of dollars from Ohtani to cover a gambling debt. But Mori said she believes more Japanese fans want to travel to the U.S. to watch Ohtani, who has denied betting on baseball. 

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On Easter Monday, 1957, stewards waited near the start of a half-marathon race in Doncaster, in the north of England. They each clutched a photograph of a man who, they had been told, must not be allowed to compete under any circumstances. That man, John Tarrant, was lurking in the crowd in disguise, ready to once more defy those who tried to stop him. One of Britain's finest long-distance athletes of the late 1950s and 1960s, Tarrant ran multiple world records, but was denied his full share of glory by stubborn authorities who banned him from racing. But he wouldn't let them stop him. He was a dogged and brilliant competitor. A numberless outlaw. They called him the Ghost Runner. Audio scenes have been re-created. Let us know what you think #AmazingSportStories

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The first Brazilian striker to play for Barcelona scored more times than Ronaldo and Romario combined, had a better goals-to-games ratio than Neymar or Rivaldo and got the goal that knocked Real Madrid out of the European Cup for the very first time - before crossing that bitter divide two years later. For Brazil, he holds a goalscoring record that Pele never matched, yet was prohibited from playing at the 1958 World Cup. As a manager, he led 16 different teams, including Iraq, where he worked alongside Saddam Hussein's son. This is the story of Evaristo. Audio scenes have been re-created. Let us know what you think #AmazingSportStories

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Leon Edwards: Saved by sport

When Leon Edwards was nine years old, he moved with his mum and younger brother from a one-bedroom shack in Kingston, Jamaica, to start a new life in Birmingham, England. Four years later, his mum got a phone call at 2am. Leon could her crying. His dad, a gang leader, had been murdered. Over the next few years - the "darkest" of his life - Leon was himself drawn into a world of gang violence. This is the story of how, against the odds, he found a way out by forging a path in mixed martial arts - and went on to win the sport's biggest prize. Audio scenes have been re-created. Let us know what you think #AmazingSportStories

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"The audacity!" Roberta 'Bobbi' Gibb had just received a nine-word slap to the face: "Women are not physiologically capable of running a marathon." That was the reply she received when she applied to enter the Boston Marathon. She crumpled the letter and threw it on the floor. Bobbi knew she’d be running the race - whether they let her or not. This is the story of one woman’s battle against derogatory sideswipes and archaic attitudes, and how far she went to remove the barriers that kept women from running practically every marathon in the world. Audio scenes have been re-created. Let us know what you think #AmazingSportStories

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Hey, folks, welcome to Week in Review (WiR), TechCrunch’s newsletter recapping the notable happenings in tech over the past few days.

This week, TC’s auto reporter Sean O’Kane revealed how EV startup Fisker temporarily lost track of millions of dollars in customer payments as it scaled up deliveries, leading to an internal audit that started in December and took months to complete.

Elsewhere, Lorenzo reported how Facebook snooped on users’ Snapchat traffic in a secret project known internally at Meta as “Project Ghostbusters.” According to court documents, the goal was to intercept and decrypt the network traffic between people using Snapchat’s app and its servers.

And Manish wrote about the resignation of Stability AI founder and CEO Emad Mostaque late last week. Mostaque’s departure from Stability AI — the startup known for its popular image generation tool Stable Diffusion — comes amid an ongoing struggle for stability (pun intended) at the company, which was reportedly spending ~$8 million a month as of October 2023 with little revenue to show for it.

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Fisker suspended:   Fisker’s bad week continued with a halt in the startup’s stock trading. The New York Stock Exchange moved to take Fisker off the exchange, citing its “abnormally low” stock levels.

AI-powered itineraries: In an upgrade to its Search Generative Experience , Google has added the ability for users to ask Google Search to plan a travel itinerary. Using AI, Search will draw on ideas from websites around the web along with reviews, photos and other details.

Robinhood’s new card: Nine months after acquiring credit card startup X1 for $95 million, Robinhood on Wednesday announced the launch of its new Gold Card, powered by X1’s technology, with a list of features that could make Apple Card users envious.

At AT&T, mum’s the word: The personal information of some 73 million AT&T customers spilled online this week. But AT&T won’t say how — despite the hack responsible having happened over three years ago.

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Is Nvidia the next AWS?:   Ron writes about how there’s lots of parallels in Nvidia’s and AWS’ growth trajectories.

This week on Equity , the crew dug into Robinhood’s new credit card, Fisker’s latest woes and even Databricks’ new AI model that it spent $10 million to spin up. They also spotlit two companies building startups focused around kids, and, to wrap up, looked at a new $100 million fund that seeks to back innovative climate tech.

Meanwhile, on Found , Allison Wolff, the co-founder and CEO of Vibrant Planet, a cloud-based planning and monitoring tool for adaptive land management, discussed why the wildfires we’re seeing today are hotter and spreading more quickly than we can contain and how proper land management can help foster lower, slower-burning fires.

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The federal police accused the former president of falsifying his Covid-19 vaccination records.

By Jack Nicas

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Brazil’s federal police recommended that former President Jair Bolsonaro be criminally charged in a scheme to falsify his Covid-19 vaccine card, partly to travel to the United States during the pandemic, in the latest sign of criminal investigations closing in on the former president.

Federal prosecutors will now decide whether to pursue the case. If they do, it will be the first time the former president has faced criminal charges.

Brazilian police accused Mr. Bolsonaro of ordering a top aide to obtain falsified Covid-19 vaccination records for himself and his daughter, 13, in late 2022, just before the former president traveled to Florida to stay for three months following his election loss.

Brazilian police said they were awaiting an answer from the U.S. Justice Department on whether Mr. Bolsonaro used a fake vaccination card to enter the United States, which could bring different criminal charges.

At the time, most international visitors to the United States were required to show proof of Covid-19 vaccination to enter the country, and a U.S. official said even a foreign leader would have had to comply with such rules.

Mr. Bolsonaro has said he did not receive a Covid-19 vaccine, but he has denied accusations that he was involved in any plan to falsify his vaccination records. His lawyer said in a text message that he was still reviewing the accusations.

If he is convicted of forging his vaccine card, Mr. Bolsonaro could face prison time.

The federal police’s indictment is the first time the various criminal investigations into Mr. Bolsonaro have moved toward charges.

Mr. Bolsonaro has been subject to questioning and searches as part of several inquiries, including into the selling of watches and jewels he received as presidential gifts from Saudi Arabia and other countries, as well as accusations that he worked with top government officials to hatch a plan to try to hold onto power after his 2022 election loss .

Brazil’s electoral court has already ruled Mr. Bolsonaro ineligible for public office until 2030 for spreading false information about Brazil’s voting systems on state television, forcing him to sit out the next presidential contest in 2026.

During the pandemic, Mr. Bolsonaro was critical of the Covid-19 vaccine , joking that it would turn people into crocodiles and instead promoting unproven treatments, such as hydroxychloroquine, an antimalarial drug.

His administration hesitated to secure vaccines when they were first being distributed, exacerbating the pandemic in Brazil, according to a Brazilian congressional investigation that recommended in 2021 that the former president be charged with “ crimes against humanity, ” among other charges, for his actions during the pandemic.

Prosecutors at the time did not charge him. More than 700,000 people have died in Brazil because of Covid-19, the second-highest national death count after the United States.

In May 2023, the police searched Mr. Bolsonaro’s home , confiscated his cellphone and arrested one of his closest aides and two of his security guards as part of the investigation into the fake vaccination records.

In a complaint unsealed on Tuesday, Brazil’s federal police said records showed that Mr. Bolsonaro’s personal aide, Lt. Col. Mauro Cid, and Mr. Cid’s wife used fake vaccination cards to enter the United States in 2022. Mr. Cid, who was arrested last year as part of the investigation, told the police that once Mr. Bolsonaro found out that Mr. Cid had a fake vaccine card, he ordered the aide to get him one, too, the police said.

The police said records showed that on Dec. 21, 2022, an official in a suburb of Rio de Janeiro then entered false records into the city’s health database that Mr. Bolsonaro and his daughter had received two doses of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine earlier that year. The police said that during one of the two dates on which the records said Mr. Bolsonaro received a vaccine, the former president was not in the Rio de Janeiro suburb.

In addition to Mr. Cid, the police said, several other allies of the former president falsified vaccination records in a similar scheme, some of whom used the records to accompany Mr. Bolsonaro to the United States. The police also recommended charges against them.

Mr. Bolsonaro spent his first three months after the presidency staying in a rented home near Disney World outside Orlando.

Mr. Bolsonaro entered the United States several other times while the country required visitors to show proof of vaccination, including to attend the United Nations General Assembly and to meet President Biden in Los Angeles, though those 2022 trips preceded the plan described by investigators to falsify vaccine records.

In 2021, Mr. Bolsonaro, who was perhaps the only unvaccinated world leader at the U.N. General Assembly, opened that proceeding with a speech that said Brazil would not require anyone to get vaccinated. He added that he had recovered from Covid-19 by using “off-label” drugs.

“History and science will hold everyone accountable,” he said .

During that trip, he and his entourage struggled to enter New York restaurants that required proof of vaccination. Instead, he posted a photo of his team eating pizza on the sidewalk. Mr. Bolsonaro’s health minister, who was biting a piece of pizza in the photo, tested positive for Covid-19 hours after attending the U.N. meetings.

Flávia Milhorance contributed reporting from Rio de Janeiro, and Paulo Motoryn from Brasília.

An earlier version of this article misstated the number of Covid-19 deaths in Brazil. There have been more than 700,000 deaths, not nearly 600,000 deaths.

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